This nutty story has been circulating on the web and on television, and I thought it should be included on our website. In the face of educational budget cuts, there are lots of ways to make up for budget woes. Many schools go the silent auction or fancy gala route, but others have adopted the philosophy that skin wins.

In Montserrat, Spain, 10 mothers are showing some serious skin in a sexy calendar being sold to raise money in the face of Spain's austerity measures. The proceeds are being used to restore a reduction in bus service for 600 elementary school students.

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Some of the women are topless, some almost bottomless in the calendar that so far, has raised enough money to cover the $4,100 monthly tab for the bus, the driver and a monitor through the end of the school year in June, according to an Associated Press report.

The moms hope to sell all 3,000 of the calendars by the end of the month, and then start anew for next year.

With the play this story is getting around the world, some of us are optimistic they will meet and surpass their goal.